[lace-chat] Creepy crawlies

[Carol Melton]

HI All, by way of introducing myself as this is my first email on Lace 
Chat.  Name is Carol and I live on the far west side of the Phoenix 
Valley at the foot of the White Tank Mountains. Hello to my friends 
back in the western 'burbs of Chicago and Cherry Valley and Rockford, 
Il who are members of LACE.
 I have been lurking on Arachne Lace for several years,  I never found 
anything I wanted to say but  recently I signed up for Lace Chat.  The 
thread about creepy things and gardening has sent me to the keyboard.  
Since we live in the desert  most of my gardening is in container pots 
on the patio.  Last Saturday morning we had a swarm of bees on the 
Texas  Ebony tree out front.  They came some time Friday during the day 
and left by 8:30 a.m. Saturday when I went out to get the paper.   
After getting the paper I went out on the patio in back to water my 
plants and was watering, watering, watering - did my hibiscus and about 
to started on my basil.... I looked down - to make sure I didn't get 
water all over the patio I guess, and there was a Mohave Rattlesnake 
curled up in my pot of basil....My legs had been about 4 inches from 
his head.  Scared the daylights out of me....I jumped back about 4 feet 
and then stood perfectly still.....until I got myself together.... . Up 
shot was I called the fire department and they came and removed 
it....We pay for a subscription  so if we have a fire they will come 
and put it out...They will also  administer first aid while waiting for 
the helicopter and remove poisonous reptiles and such.  So that's my 
creepy gardening story.... ewwwwwww.......
Tamara, the Epi-something is EpiPen - I used to carry one for bee 
stings.  By the way I have followed your email on Lace and thanks for 
all the good advice that I have found useful  when making lace.
Best Regards to all,
Carol Melton,
Litchfield Park, AZ
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